Month: October 2012

Why did Christ say, “The Kingdom of God is within you?” Christ is observed on several occasions to have sought quiet and solitude in prayer. Why is this? The reason for this is that proper prayer involves focused concentration. When we concentrate our awareness out of the impermanent and conditional world and draw it inward […]

Pop culture and conspiracy theorists have done well to popularize “Illuminati,” namely the Bavarian creation of Adam Weishaupt in the 18th century. However, what is lesser known are the “Illuminati,” of early Christianity. In the early church, there was the disciplina arcani, or ‘discipline of the secret, a clandestine oral tradition believed to have originated […]

There is a subject that is given little attention in the churches of our modern age or even in contemporary theological circles, save for those of the Eastern Orthodoxy who herald this subject as the prime aim of the Christian life. This subject is that of theosis. Athanasius, the saint credited with compiling the first […]

Just as a king would request the presence of his subjects in his royal court, so too does God require man’s presence in order for each to commune. Neurological research scientists Andrew Newberg and Eugene D’Aquili, in observing the brains of Franciscan nuns, concluded that man is not pre-wired to be a spiritual being, but […]

The story of Christ is the story of reconciliation. Christ atones, and reminds man that he can be “at one” with God. This is what atonement means, that is, literally a contraction of the words “at” and “one.” The great misunderstanding of modern Christianity is that God is separate from man, and that man is […]

The average human being is nothing but a bundle of undisciplined and nervous reactions. This is why there is need and call for discipleship. That is, discipline. By recognizing, through discipline, the authentic use for the tools we are given in life, we may cease carrying our identity, our sense of self, in these tools […]

The name, Israel, literally means to contend or struggle with God. The story of God and His chosen people is indeed a story of struggle. It is a story of reconciling the created man with the creator God. It’s about submitting and bringing into agreement and allowance, the nature of man with the divine nature […]